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Artificial Legs Designed by Ambroise Pare, 1564

Metal artificial legs designed by Ambroise Pare, 1564. Pare (1510-1590) was a French surgeon, anatomist and inventor. He was royal surgeon for kings Henry II, Francis II, Charles IX and Henry III and is considered one of the fathers of surgery and modern forensic pathology. He was a leader in surgical techniques and pioneered modern battlefield wound treatment. Battlefield medicine is the treatment of wounded soldiers in or near an area of combat. Pare introduced the ligature of arteries instead of cauterization during amputation. He believed that phantom pains occurred in the brain. He contributed to the practice of surgical amputation and the design of limb prostheses.
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Title: Artificial Legs Designed by Ambroise Pare, 1564
Caption: Metal artificial legs designed by Ambroise Pare, 1564. Pare (1510-1590) was a French surgeon, anatomist and inventor. He was royal surgeon for kings Henry II, Francis II, Charles IX and Henry III and is considered one of the fathers of surgery and modern forensic pathology. He was a leader in surgical techniques and pioneered modern battlefield wound treatment. Battlefield medicine is the treatment of wounded soldiers in or near an area of combat. Pare introduced the ligature of arteries instead of cauterization during amputation. He believed that phantom pains occurred in the brain. He contributed to the practice of surgical amputation and the design of limb prostheses.
Personalities: AMBROSE PARE
Category: ILLUSTRATION • Medical: History
Credit: Album / Science Source / Wellcome Images
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Image size: 2640 × 3916 px | 29.6 MB
Print size: 22.4 × 33.2 cm | 1039.4 × 1541.7 in (300 dpi)
Keywords: 1500S • 16 16TH XVI XVITH SIXTEENTH CENTURY • 16 CENTURY • 16TH CENTURY • 16TH • A. PARE • AMBROISE PARE • AMBROSE PARE • ART • ARTIFICIAL LEG = PROSTHESIS (LEG) • ARTIFICIAL LEG • ARTIFICIAL LIMB • ARTWORK • DRAWING • ENGRAVING • HISTORIC • HISTORICAL • HISTORY • ILLUSTRATION • ILLUSTRATIONS • ILUSTRATION • LIMB PROTHESES • MECHANICAL APPARATUS • MECHANICAL LEG • MEDICAL OPERATION • MEDICAL OPERATIONS • MEDICAL • MEDICAL: HISTORY • MEDICINAL • METAL • METALLIC • OPERATION • PARÉ • PROSTHESES • PROSTHESIS (LEG) • PROSTHESIS • PROSTHETICS • PROTHÈSES • PROTHESIS • SURGEON • SURGERY • XVI CENTURY